Comments on: The Triumph of Technodorkiness: Why We’re Gladly Turning Ourselves Into Yesterday’s Losers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/ Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: omar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1024 omar Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1024 Not flying cars. The energy equation is just too damned unhelpful, unless we get cold fusion in a jar. THEN we can have flying cars. Not flying cars. The energy equation is just too damned unhelpful, unless we get cold fusion in a jar. THEN we can have flying cars.

]]> By: Aidan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1023 Aidan Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:25:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1023 Honestly, I don't care what google knows about me so long as these ridiculous internet bills stop being thrown into votes. (PIPI, SOPA, CISPA). Honestly, I don’t care what google knows about me so long as these ridiculous internet bills stop being thrown into votes. (PIPI, SOPA, CISPA).

]]> By: Uncle Al http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1022 Uncle Al Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:57:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1022 The BMW glass cockpit is a nightmare. It is a flood of data in unrelated formats, each requiring thought to interpret and most with tiny letters and numbers. If you have a pilot plant with lots of gauges, you do NOT have your people frantically reading numbers. Boom. You rotate the dial faces so nominal operation has all pointers vertical. Digital displays have staggered sliders with aligned green zones and their pointers (nominally) therein. Isolating people from empirical reality while they interpret clever inputs recalls the fellow who strapped himself to a palm tree in a hurricane to purge his inner demons. It matters not how many push-ups you did that morning if the wind picks up a Volvo and casts a dissenting vote. The BMW glass cockpit is a nightmare. It is a flood of data in unrelated formats, each requiring thought to interpret and most with tiny letters and numbers. If you have a pilot plant with lots of gauges, you do NOT have your people frantically reading numbers. Boom. You rotate the dial faces so nominal operation has all pointers vertical. Digital displays have staggered sliders with aligned green zones and their pointers (nominally) therein.

Isolating people from empirical reality while they interpret clever inputs recalls the fellow who strapped himself to a palm tree in a hurricane to purge his inner demons. It matters not how many push-ups you did that morning if the wind picks up a Volvo and casts a dissenting vote.

]]> By: Huyen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1021 Huyen Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:28:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1021 Google glasses are about the most stupid, useless invention ever. I never understand why anyone would want to have messages, ads, video calls constantly popping up in the face? Google glasses are about the most stupid, useless invention ever. I never understand why anyone would want to have messages, ads, video calls constantly popping up in the face?

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1020 Mark Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:34:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1020 I liked the part where you were speaking about computers and technology! Good work! I liked the part where you were speaking about computers and technology! Good work!

]]> By: Lee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1019 Lee Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1019 I don't understand attitudes like Tony's. I would rather Google tailor advertisements to me based on my real-world interests than give me random flashing banners for cat food. So they then know what I like and what I prefer to buy and where I prefer to go -- it's no different than listing your Likes and Interests on social networks voluntarily. At least this way there's some purpose and reciprocation. I don’t understand attitudes like Tony’s. I would rather Google tailor advertisements to me based on my real-world interests than give me random flashing banners for cat food. So they then know what I like and what I prefer to buy and where I prefer to go — it’s no different than listing your Likes and Interests on social networks voluntarily. At least this way there’s some purpose and reciprocation.

]]> By: Tony http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/04/17/the-triumph-of-technodorkiness-why-were-gladly-turning-ourselves-into-yesterdays-losers/#comment-1018 Tony Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:21:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=1362#comment-1018 ..and in turn google gets to know exactly what you look at and how long you look at it. invaluable information. No thank you. ..and in turn google gets to know exactly what you look at and how long you look at it. invaluable information.

No thank you.

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